John ward grummon



L (No'ModeL') J. W. GRUlvm/ION.,

., ROSETTE FOR- HARNESS.

Patented Feb. 14,v y1888.

Arm/M1578 UNITED STATES PATENT, OEEIOE.,

JOHN WARD GRUMMON, OE EAsT ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, As'sIeNOR TO ATRE' INDIA RUBBER COME COMPANY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROSETTE FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATICN formifg part of Letters Patent N o. 377,750I dated-February 14,1888.

Application nieNvemter 15,1881. serial No. 255,184. `(No model.)

, bined with a back plate or disk having a corresponding screw thread adapted to t the threads in the shell, a removable plate or disk having a suitable symbol or symbols produced upon it adapted to be held withinsaid shell zo or frame by-said back plate, and means for holding said symbol-plate on the back plate to prevent its turning when the parts are being put together, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth. z5 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of an illuminated rosette constructed according to my invention. 3o Fig. 2 is a reverse view of the symbol-plate; and Fig. 3 is a central cross-section on the line c c, Fig. 1. v

In the accompanying drawings, A represents'a frame or shell having a suitably-shaped opening, a, overhung by a lip or ange, i. The frame or shell A may have any suitable outline and be constructed of anysuitable material; but I prefer to use india-rubber. The frame A is provided with screw-threads b, 4o preferably on its inner wall, as shown in Fig. 3., B is. a back plate or disk provided with screw-threads d, adapted to fit the threads b. The back plate, B,.is preferably arranged to it within the frame A, as shown in Fig. 3. D is a plate or disk adapted to lit within the frame, as shown, and it has produced upon it a letter or monogram, c, or other suitable symbols, which, when the disk D is in position vin the frame A, may be seen through the opening a. The back plate, B, serves to hold the symbOl-diskD Within the frame A. A glass, f, may be placed over the` symbol-disk D to protect its face.

To place a symboldisk D in the rosette, the parts are first separated. The glass f is then 55 placed in the frame A against the inwardlyprojecting lip or ilange, i. 'A symbol-disk D is then placed inthe vframe A and the back plate, B, screwed into position. The parts will now be held rmly together. 60

By means of a loop, g, carried by the back plate, B, the rosette may be held on a bridle or other part of a harness. The letter or symbol is designed to stand inthe Same line with the loop g, so as to be in verticalposition with reference to the harness. lTo hold the symbol-` disk in its proper position with referencel to -the loop g, I provide the inneror reverse side of the disk D with two or more recesses, h, into which pins or other projections, j, from the 7o plate B project. In the drawings the pins j are shown to be the inner ends of the loop g; but, if preferred, the pins j may be separate from the loop g and be suitably secured to the plate B; or the pins j could be on the symboldisk D and the recesses h be in the back plate,B.

, The pins j whenon the plate B could enter notches in the edge of the disk D, if desired. The loop g for supporting the rosette may be replaced by one or more buttonsor other pro- 8O jections, which will answer the samepurpose. `When the loop gis used, a suitable strap on the bridle or other part, ofthe harness may pass through it to support the rosette.

With rosettes as above constructed the symn bol may be changed at any time by merely changing the disk D, the other parts of the rosette remaining as before.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 90 1. The combination,with the shell A, having opening a, lip z', and thread b, with the'removable back B, and means, substantially as described, for holding the back on the shell, of

the detachable symbol-disk D, and with'pins 95 j, for holding said disk in position in the rosette, substantially as described.

2. The open shell A, removable back B, having pins j, and means for holding the back on the shell, -in combination with the detachable reo symbol-disk D, having recesses h, adapted to receive the pins j to hold the disk in position, substantially as described.

3. The back plate, B, having loop g and pins 5 j, symbol-disk D, having recesses h, adapted to receive the pins j to hold the symbol in line with the loop g, in combination with the open shell A, having lip z', and means, substantially as described, for holding the shell A on the 1o back B, substantial] y as specified.

4. The combination of the openshe11A`,having lip back B, having pins j and threads b d, for holding the parts A B together, detachable symbol-disk D, having recesses h, and glassf in front of the disk D, substantially as r 5 described.

J. WARD GRUMMON. Titnesses:

' GUsTAv SCHNEPP,

HARRY M. TURK. 

